Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "蝇", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "蝇", and master the standard way of writing the character "蝇".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 蝇
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "蝇" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
蝇
yíng
名词
1. Refers largely to houseflies. It is an animal name. Belongs to the dipterous species in the insect category. (En. fly)
- [引]唐·韩愈《秋怀诗》: “上无枝上蜩,下无盘中蝇。”
- [例]
- 蝇头小楷 (extremely small standard script brush calligraphy)
- 蝇头细批 (dense annotations written in small characters)
- 蝇附狗偷 (metaphor for attaching oneself to lowly and despicable actions)
- 蝇营 (like flies buzzing everywhere; used as a metaphor for pursuing trivial profits without rest)
- 蝇名蜗利 (a name as trivial as a fly's head; and benefits as small as a snail's horn; metaphor for trivial fame and profit)
- 蝇利 (metaphor for small profits)
- 蝇头小字 (refers to extremely small characters)
- 蝇声蛙噪 (the endless buzzing of flies and croaking of frogs; metaphor for low-quality poetry or prose that is full of meaningless sounds)
蝇
yíng
Noun
1. Mainly refers to houseflies. It is an animal name. Belongs to the dipterous species in the insect category. (En. fly)
- [Quote] Tang Dynasty, Han Yu's "Autumn Thoughts": "There are no cicadas on the branches above, nor flies on the plates below."
- [Example]
- Fly-head small script (very small standard brush strokes)
- Fly-head fine annotations (dense notes written in small size)
- Fly attaches to dog to steal (metaphor for behavior that attaches to the low and base)
- Fly camp (like flies buzzing everywhere; metaphor for pursuing minor gains endlessly)
- Fly name snail profit (a fame as negligible as a fly's head, a profit as small as a snail's horn; metaphor for insignificant fame and profit)
- Fly profit (metaphor for trivial benefits)
- Fly-head small characters (refers to extremely tiny writing)
- Fly noise frog croak (endless buzzing of flies and croaking of frogs; metaphor for poor-quality poetry or prose full of meaningless noise)